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Tuskegee resolution hands County Road 56 back to Macon County; attorney flags liability concerns
Summary
The City of Tuskegee passed a resolution to return County Road 56 to Macon County. County Attorney Janice Spears-Turk recommended caution, saying the franchise/agreement review raised concerns that full liability could shift to the county; the Commission adopted a resolution accepting the road and authorized the engineer to make safety repairs.
The Commission recorded that the City of Tuskegee passed a resolution to return County Road 56 to Macon County, and the County accepted the transfer in a formal resolution.
County Attorney Janice Spears-Turk told the board she had reviewed related agreements and warned that some documents risked transferring full liability to the county: "[I] am concerned that full liability will be passed onto the Commission," the attorney reported during discussion. Commissioners nevertheless adopted a resolution to accept the road and authorized the County Engineer to make whatever safety repairs were necessary to open the road to travel.
The action included a direction that liability exposure be understood to commence on the date of the county’s official acceptance; the attorney said she would confirm the timing and follow up with the city attorney. The Commission recorded the action multiple times across meetings and clarified that repairs on the road would proceed under the County Engineer’s oversight.
